Nation Apr 06 Supreme Court rejects appeal from subcontractor held prisoner in Cuba WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a former government subcontractor seeking to sue the U.S. government for negligence over his five-year imprisonment in Cuba.
Nation Apr 06 Supreme Court will not hear challenge to contested North Carolina voting law WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has passed up an early chance to review a contested North Carolina election law that opponents say limits the ability of African-Americans to cast ballots.
Politics Apr 05 Iowa pastors hold sway in 2016 presidential election In some states, big city ward leaders or union bosses are the go-to guys to deliver votes. When it comes to Iowa's Republican caucuses, evangelical pastors are kingmakers, with sway over an important bloc of participants.
Politics Mar 31 President Obama grants clemency to 22 people in prison The White House says that many of these individuals — all of them convicted of various federal drug crimes — would have already served their time and paid their debt to society had they been sentenced under current laws and…
Politics Mar 28 Controversy surrounds new Indiana religious objections law The heat over Indiana's new religious objections law spread Friday across social media and to the White House as many local officials and business groups around the state tried to jump in and stem the fallout.
World Mar 28 US rescues Saudi pilots from waters near Yemen A Defense Department official says U.S. forces rescued two Saudi airmen after they ejected from an F-15 fighter jet over waters south of Yemen, where Saudi Arabia is leading airstrikes against Iran-allied Houthi rebels.
Nation Mar 28 Pres. Obama encourages 'take child to work day' at White House President Barack Obama says the White House will open next month’s annual Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day to children whose parents don’t work in the building.
Nation Mar 25 High court sends Alabama redistricting case back for review WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court says a lower court must take another look at whether Alabama's Republican-led legislature relied too heavily on race when it redrew the state's voting districts.
Politics Mar 23 Supreme Court to review sentences for young convicts The Supreme Court is adding a new case to decide whether its 3-year-old ruling throwing out mandatory life in prison without parole for juveniles should apply to older cases.
Politics Mar 22 CIA director: Iranian general 'complicating' US efforts in Iraq The leader of Iran's elite Quds Force is contributing to instability in Iraq and complicating the U.S. mission against terrorism with his command of some of the Iraqi forces battling Islamic State militants, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency…